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More Green, More Creative

September 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

This series of ads are for Jeep’s new model, the Grand Cherokee 3.7. The first three ads are imitating tsunamis, swells and ripples with the caption: “It is 12 thousand miles away…” “It is getting...

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Pick Getty Images for SXSW

August 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

Getty Images is up for a panel spot at the next South by Southwest festival. However, we can only share our brightest ideas if we are invited by popular demand. So cast your vote today!...

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Radical Advertising

August 13, 2008 | 0 Comments

We’re all exposed to a huge amount of advertising everyday, things that are seen as challenging and shocking one day are passé the next (or at least the following week). What consumers want and how...

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Creative Advertising – I Don’t Get It

August 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

Rainer Elstermann/Getty Images This recent article in the NY Times just confirms how far advertisers and marketers have gone to “break through the clutter.” The proliferation of media and advertising is nothing new. We’re all...

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JAK LAB #3. Get inspired !

July 17, 2008 | 0 Comments

And improve your French ! France, land of better wine in the world, beautiful women, Tour de France, bling-bling president, Art of living. France which as a country can give birth to the better or...

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Young Lions winners Thijs Biersteker and Karian Weijers On June 16, The Netherlands won first place at the Young Lions Print Competition at the 55th Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. The winning team members Thisjs Biersteker...

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Green Conspicuous Consumption Gets Pinched

June 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

Chris Stein/Getty Images Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Environmental issues have been dominating both the editorial and commercial space for the last 2 years. There are very few people who have access to the...

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I was happy when I found out that one of our projects this year is localization and developing our content for local markets. We have several markets (such as the Chinese market, where I work)...

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YOU, THE LIVING

April 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

I recently went to see ‘You, the Living‘ (‘Du Levande’) – an interesting and truly strange film by Roy Andersson – who was once quite accurately referred to as “a slapstick Ingmar Bergman“. It’s a...

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What is “real”?

April 4, 2008 | 0 Comments

Lars Borges/Getty Images When we talk about making commercial imagery that feels more “real,” what is it we’re actually saying? There’s no question that imagery you once would have only found in an editorial context...

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Not Just Another Pet Picture

March 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

Did you know Americans spend $41 billion (not million, BILLION) dollars annually on their pets? It all adds up – day care, walkers, grooming and toys (catnip, bully sticks, organic all natural foods, collars, coats,...

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What Makes a Picture?

January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments

Colin Hawkins/Getty Images Well, what does make a picture? We talk about trends, boomers, the explosion of the Hispanic market in the US, what colors are hot for spring or fall and the list goes...

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Seeing Trends

January 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

Daniel Day/Getty Images “Hansel…he’s hot.” So says Will Ferrell as Mogatoo in Zoolander, one of my favorite movies of all time. I bring it up, a) because it makes me laugh and b)because most industries...

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Is Appropriation Appropriate?

December 13, 2007 | 0 Comments

Photo: Erik Dreyer As an interesting follow-up to the last post about the copyright issues surrounding the Pop Art show in London, is an article in the NY Times a couple of days ago about...

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